Hot or Not: Saoirse Ronan

You'll have to forgive me if I don't bother with hating on Tyler Perry movies like so many are consumed with doing. The man has his thang and he works it and it sells. End of story. However, I have a really, really hard time supporting Stephenie Meyer. You can smell just how much they're trying to sever the connection of THE HOST from the TWILIGHT series, betting on bringing in some sci-fi fans who would rather opt out of the movie simply because sparkling vampires made them retch. Not to mention they went to the lengths possible to hire one of the most respectable young actresses working today and our week's Hot or Not selection.

Saoirse Ronan

In less than a month, Ronan is going to flip her calendar to her 19th year and somehow we missed the big-hoopla over broadcasting that she'd turned 18 last year. Might have something to do with the fact that she's been participating in high level dramas from such an early age, gaining major notice and acclaim for 2007's ATONEMENT where she was the seventh youngest actress to earn an Academy Award nomination (she was 13 at the time). Oh, and in case you're stumbling, her name is Irish and pronounced "seer-sha" there but she pronounces it "sur-shuh" while doing press in the US.

Born in New York, raised in Ireland, Saoirse's father is an established Irish actor, so it might be in the genes. I can't tell which parent it was she got her looks from, with the piercing blue eyes that droop ever-so-slightly on the outside corners, the lips which are poised for hesitant smiles. While the looks are there, I'm a diehard fan of the book The Lovely Bones and the movie was so mutilated from its original, tragic, depressing form that I hate that Ronan was involved in it.

That feeling carries over when I think about her starring in a movie written by the woman who wrote the TWILIGHT books. I've read those books and they suck. They are putrid literature, barely qualifying to be called literature at all. I have not read The Host. But by association, who's to say that this won't taint Ronan's subtle, non-Hollywood vibe? She's already looking distortedly uncomfortable during premieres and press events for the film. Hot might be fleeting here. In another year or two, will she be saddled with the abbreviated name SRo and mocked like that other Meyers' victim?

Hot

...and very talented. So just let her take a blockbuster paycheck for a crappy (girl-) audience pleaser. She has an amazing resume and I am sure she will continue to take great roles. Now that she does about 3 movies a year I am totally fine if one is just a stupid cashgrab that makes here more popular (and rich) which also serves to promote her more risky and substantial works

...and very talented. So just let her take a blockbuster paycheck for a crappy (girl-) audience pleaser. She has an amazing resume and I am sure she will continue to take great roles. Now that she does about 3 movies a year I am totally fine if one is just a stupid cashgrab that makes here more popular (and rich) which also serves to promote her more risky and substantial works

HOT

I’ve been impressed with her acting ever since Atonement and am glad her career has continued to be successful. She has screen presence and is interesting to watch. As for hotness, she’s definitely grown into an attractive woman.

Adding to those comments about Stewart, I wonder if the haters will also conveniently forget that this isn’t “SRo’s” first movie and that she had a career prior to this and lots of acting experience. Since they tried to invalidate a decade of “KStew’s”

I’ve been impressed with her acting ever since Atonement and am glad her career has continued to be successful. She has screen presence and is interesting to watch. As for hotness, she’s definitely grown into an attractive woman.

Adding to those comments about Stewart, I wonder if the haters will also conveniently forget that this isn’t “SRo’s” first movie and that she had a career prior to this and lots of acting experience. Since they tried to invalidate a decade of “KStew’s” experience and critical praise based on a single role. And should bashing start, “SRo” better put on a fake smile and claim that she enjoys all the hatred because otherwise, people will say she’s ungrateful of all the hatred and get angry that she’s giving off a negative vibe. Since people spewing vitriol and obnoxious judgments are the finest examples of positive vibes. Okay, I’m done.